Robert Nilsson Mohammadi
Associate senior lecturer

Presentation

With a disciplinary background in history and a current focus on cultural memory studies, I research memory, monuments, and the city.

My current work focuses on how local actors handle the afterlives of far-right racist attacks. By studying public memory art in various cities hit by far-right violence, my research introduces a spatialized, urbanized, and translocal perspective to memory work conducted by those affected by such violence. Additionally, I explore this issue through the framework of reparative remembering, investigating alternatives to dominant critical approaches and considering how cultural production and spatial practices can be reparative.

Another key research interest is participatory practices in the production of culture and knowledge in the public sphere. I approach this both critically and creatively, examining the conditions for just co-production within an unequal society and a political economy that often reinforces the division between those who contribute experiences and those who refine theories. A central concept in my research is “shared authority.” I also study community art and community archives as examples of participatory knowledge production in urban public spaces.

My teaching primarily focuses on history and cultural heritage, with an emphasis on oral history, archival science, and critical heritage theory.

I serve as the theme leader for urban humanities at Malmö University’s Institute for Urban Research (IUR), where I coordinate the development of a research environment and hub dedicated to urban humanities.